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Foxtrot Collection #39
Aaaa!: A FoxTrot Kids Edition
The comic adventures of the Fox siblings—sports-challenged Peter, shop-till-you-drop queen Paige, and geeky Jason—have entertained kids for more than 20 years. Now, for the first time, comes a collection of kids ’ favorites in a kid-friendly package.
AAAA! That's the sound heard often from the the Fox siblings as only sister Paige discovers Quincy the iguana has eaten her homework, older brother Peter applies permanent marker on his face drawing a fake goatee, and younger brother and expert video gamer Jason loses to Paige. Throw in the AAAAs as mother Andy exclaims while dodging thrown balls in the house and backyard-grilling disaster dad Roger blows up another grill, and you have the perfect equation for a family that every kid can relate to.
Including cartoons from previously published books, this kid-targeted book portrays a not so typical look at how a year unfolds in the Fox family.
AAAA! That's the sound heard often from the the Fox siblings as only sister Paige discovers Quincy the iguana has eaten her homework, older brother Peter applies permanent marker on his face drawing a fake goatee, and younger brother and expert video gamer Jason loses to Paige. Throw in the AAAAs as mother Andy exclaims while dodging thrown balls in the house and backyard-grilling disaster dad Roger blows up another grill, and you have the perfect equation for a family that every kid can relate to.
Including cartoons from previously published books, this kid-targeted book portrays a not so typical look at how a year unfolds in the Fox family.
224 pages, Paperback
First published October 2, 2012
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About the author
Bill Amend
63 books302 followersBill Amend is an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot.
Born as William J. C. Amend III, Amend attended high school in Burlingame, California where he was a cartoonist on his school newspaper. Amend is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He attended Amherst College, where he drew comics for the college paper. He majored in physics and graduated in 1984.
After a short time in the animation business, Amend decided to pursue a cartooning career and signed on with Universal Press Syndicate. FoxTrot first appeared on April 10, 1988.
Amend currently lives in the midwestern United States with his wife and two children, a boy and girl.
Born as William J. C. Amend III, Amend attended high school in Burlingame, California where he was a cartoonist on his school newspaper. Amend is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He attended Amherst College, where he drew comics for the college paper. He majored in physics and graduated in 1984.
After a short time in the animation business, Amend decided to pursue a cartooning career and signed on with Universal Press Syndicate. FoxTrot first appeared on April 10, 1988.
Amend currently lives in the midwestern United States with his wife and two children, a boy and girl.
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May 25, 2020
Okay, first off, a little background: I grew up on newspaper comics. From as far back as I can remember, I read the funny pages whenever I could get my hands on them. I got my first Garfield Fat Cat Three Pack when I was only about six or seven...and I could read it just fine! True, some of the comics I didn't understand--particularly the political and/or non-humorous ones--but, reading them was one of my favorite things to do, especially on Sundays, when they were all longer and in full color. In elementary school art class, I was reprimanded for doing comic-style art; that is, with sound effects and speech bubbles. (Hey, that's the kind of art I was used to seeing!) So, the funny pages had a big effect on my childhood.
Based on that, you'd probably expect that I would like something like this, and I did...for the most part. Before I got into franchises like Star Wars and superheroes, some of the humor in FoxTrot was lost on me; I knew next to nothing about Luke Skywalker or Peter Parker. Now that I'm older and better versed in entertainment--especially of the sci-fi/fantasy variety--I can appreciate some of the allusions better. Still, as tends to be the case with comic strips at times, the comedy here gets a bit repetitive; some of them have essentially the same joke. However, when it comes to funny page compilations, you can do much worse than this. If you're unfamiliar with the strip, this will serve as a great introduction.
Based on that, you'd probably expect that I would like something like this, and I did...for the most part. Before I got into franchises like Star Wars and superheroes, some of the humor in FoxTrot was lost on me; I knew next to nothing about Luke Skywalker or Peter Parker. Now that I'm older and better versed in entertainment--especially of the sci-fi/fantasy variety--I can appreciate some of the allusions better. Still, as tends to be the case with comic strips at times, the comedy here gets a bit repetitive; some of them have essentially the same joke. However, when it comes to funny page compilations, you can do much worse than this. If you're unfamiliar with the strip, this will serve as a great introduction.
May 27, 2015
Reruns from the other books that have been released. It was nice to visit the old material, but I'm glad I just borrowed it from the library.
July 3, 2020
I thought it was like the book Calvin & Hobbes which is funny. It's just more realistic.
February 13, 2017
Humorous collection of Foxtrot comic strips that spans the year, including many popular holidays. I love the interaction between the siblings. Our girls love this comic as well and are begging to get more of these books from our local library.
April 22, 2013
Short and sweet collection of kid-friendly Foxtrot comics.
November 28, 2013
You like FUNNY? If your answer is yes, then read, laugh and LOVE this book! If you don't like comics you might love the after reading this book!
June 12, 2024
Book 106 of 300 ~ 2024
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Like ZITS, I enjoyed these strips when they were features in The Straits Times.
Feeling nostalgic, I decided to borrow a copy and giggle at the nonsense antics that Jason gets up to.
Also, count my lucky stars that I am an only child LOL
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🌟🌟🌟🌟
Like ZITS, I enjoyed these strips when they were features in The Straits Times.
Feeling nostalgic, I decided to borrow a copy and giggle at the nonsense antics that Jason gets up to.
Also, count my lucky stars that I am an only child LOL
#book106of300 #amreading #tbrpile #instareads #readstagram #reading #bookreview #bookreviewer #booklover #booksAreLife #booksForTheWin #thisbookfairyisreading #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #bookshelf #booksofinstagram #bookish #bookworm #goodreads #booklovers #theSGbookfairyReads #theSGtrekkiereads #bookchallenge2024 #reviews #lovebooks #booknerds
August 30, 2020
Love reading Foxtrot. Usually I borrow hard copies from the library and this is the only ebook available. Wish there were more ebooks, since it’s so much easier to borrow, finish and return.
Somehow it seems to be shorter than other hard copies but still enjoyable. Only part I didn’t really like was the dreams part.
Somehow it seems to be shorter than other hard copies but still enjoyable. Only part I didn’t really like was the dreams part.
January 26, 2021
Family chaos is all that happens in the Fox family. With Peter hosting his own football camp and finally getting a permanent position in baseball that he'd rather not have, Paige's fashion antics and struggles at school, and Jason's first crush and hunt for superpowers, this family always has something going on.
June 25, 2023
A REAL Family!!!!
The Fox family rules!!!! Well, at least the kids. Aliens, science, food, babes, clothes, food, football, food, girls, school, food..... You will recognize all the pain and joy and siblings. And that's just in ONE book!
The Fox family rules!!!! Well, at least the kids. Aliens, science, food, babes, clothes, food, football, food, girls, school, food..... You will recognize all the pain and joy and siblings. And that's just in ONE book!
May 19, 2017
The best bit of comic strips that are guaranteed to bring laughter. The world of Foxtrot at its hilarious best..!
November 3, 2017
Five stars!!!!!
It is an amazing book!!!!! I rated this five stars because this book is really good and I recommend it to all.
It is an amazing book!!!!! I rated this five stars because this book is really good and I recommend it to all.
August 20, 2018
Great book
Fox trot is one of the best books. I love how they ... I’m just typing random words now.
Yay
Fox trot is one of the best books. I love how they ... I’m just typing random words now.
Yay
December 7, 2018
I thought this was new material but these are all old comics.
January 22, 2019
Fun... enjoyed perusing while on vacation. Nice trip down memory lane.
January 13, 2020
I miss reading this series in the Sunday comics for kids
November 9, 2020
Hilarious. I am not a huge fan of FoxTrot but I always love a good comic strip book.
May 13, 2021
Really funny 😂
August 23, 2021
I got a few laughs and the comics stripes were pretty fun.
June 22, 2023
Read most of these already in other anthologies. Glad Hoopla has at least one title now.
October 9, 2024
Sibling antics. Amusing and not too serious.
April 16, 2025
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June 20, 2025
3.5 stars
July 22, 2025
A collection of comics focused on the kids. It's enjoyable but more so if you don't have access to the complete collections.
November 12, 2012
Meet the Fox Family. Their quirky antics are similar to a family you may know. Quarreling and competitive siblings, Peter, Paige and Jason, with parents who attempt to participate in their children's lives. Hilarity has been successfully woven into each scene.
One scene demonstrates Jason attempting to be Dr. Doolittle by inviting the little birdies to come along and either rest on his sunbathing sister or leave some droppings behind. The kids are fun characters who are figuring out how to handle school, classmates and pets with classic humor attached will have readers of all ages chuckling and giggling. Another scene incorporates mom with child at the dinner table. Child is too full to take another bite. Mom suspects child is too full for dessert. Nope, not at all, child can eat dessert with one swallow. What parent wouldn't recognize this scenario?
These hilarious family characters are recognizable and will have everyone picking the scenes they've actually experienced. A great family read for all.
One scene demonstrates Jason attempting to be Dr. Doolittle by inviting the little birdies to come along and either rest on his sunbathing sister or leave some droppings behind. The kids are fun characters who are figuring out how to handle school, classmates and pets with classic humor attached will have readers of all ages chuckling and giggling. Another scene incorporates mom with child at the dinner table. Child is too full to take another bite. Mom suspects child is too full for dessert. Nope, not at all, child can eat dessert with one swallow. What parent wouldn't recognize this scenario?
These hilarious family characters are recognizable and will have everyone picking the scenes they've actually experienced. A great family read for all.
December 20, 2016
I love Foxtrot
October 29, 2015
Joyce? Dostoyevsky? Updike? Morons. Can I get an Amend? Hell yes. I love Fox Trot, always neck and neck with Calvin and Hobbes as my favorite laugh-out-loud comic strip. Very few comic strips make me do that. The wit is sharp, sarcastic, dry, and often perfectly timed. The disparity in the IQs of the three kids in the family is genius in and of itself. My three year old picked this one out randomly at a used book store without my knowledge and of course I had to buy it for him. It follows a full calendar year of the Fox family kids and their shenanigans. Exhausted and overwhelmed mom. Clueless dad. Athletically inept older brother with a bottomless pit for a stomach and an aversion for academics. Middle child sister with a self-esteem issue and bookend brothers who torture her. Younger Einsteinian brother who is mischievous at school out of boredom and destructive at home out of curiosity. Hilarity ensues.
July 17, 2012
This assortment of older strips from the Foxtrot series is a good introduction to the title. These strips, selected for kids, are most of the strips from the year 1999. The humor is accessible, and should appeal to kids and up. Jason, the younger boy, is always a wonderful mixture of academic brilliance with a kid's lack of wisdom. Thus, he creates amazing Halloween special effects, but also tries to juggle a dozen eggs, or swing from a spiderweb, with predictable results. His older siblings are more stereotypical for a comic strip, but good foils. The dad is like Homer Simpson with actual brain cells, and the mom is the only reasonable one, other than her penchant for cooking inedible culinary delights.
Overall, a good sampling of a fun series.
Overall, a good sampling of a fun series.
July 16, 2014
I had checked it out for Tash, because who doesn't like comics when they're ill? She loved it, and gave it back to me when she'd finished. I remember reading Foxtrot unknown years ago, when I took daily and Sunday papers, but I'd never been a particular fan. And I realize these strips were pulled out as being to interest to kids. But hey, cool, they cover summer vacations, and bench-warming, and exam weeks. Most of all what I enjoyed was the little digs at each other between family members who aren't really hating each other. Broad comedy, but no drama. I especially appreciated the way the strips dealt with having a gifted kid, how really irritating that could be. A little gender stereotyped, perhaps, but there's nothing mean here at all.
Library copy.
Library copy.
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